In Game Five, Round One of the 2024 NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs, the New York Knicks hosted the Philadelphia 76ers with the intention of closing out the series. The Knicks delivered one of their finest defensive efforts of the season in Game Four to go up 3-1. Could they do it again to win their fifth clash with Joel Embiid and the Sixers?
New York had a rough start, missing their initial shots and managing only 17 first-quarter points. They recovered—and then some—in the second quarter with a stronger defensive performance and led at halftime, 49-43.